A driver has been charged after fatally striking two pedestrians who were in a marked midtown crosswalk that had a beacon, Tucson police said.
The two women were struck at about 6:20 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in a crosswalk at East 29th Street and South Rosemont Avenue that was equipped with a HAWK (High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk) beacon, which was activated at the time of the collision, police said.Â
Colette Mukankaka, 71, and Donatille Nyiramugwera, 60, were pronounced dead at the scene, police said in a news release Friday.Â
They were struck by a silver 2008 Acura MDX. The driver, a 65-year-old man, rendered aid at the scene along with other motorists, police said. An officer from the DUI Unit determined he was not impaired.
Police said they have charged the driver, whose name they did not release, with causing death by a moving violation, a misdemeanor.
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